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Definition: Bowel Movement |
Bowel MovementNoun1. A euphemism for defecation; "he had a bowel movement". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Body wastes passed through the rectum and anus. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Bowel MovementSynonyms: bm (n), movement (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Bowel Movement |
| English words defined with "bowel movement": ca-ca, crap ♦ defecate ♦ make ♦ take a crap. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "bowel movement": Common causes of constipation ♦ Gastrocolic Reflex ♦ Solitary Rectal Ulcer. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Someone has sent me a bowel movement! (Pink Flamingos; writing credit: John Waters) Listen, this is going to be one hell of a bowel movement. Afterwards he'll be lucky if he has any bones left (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert) Try ten days without a bowel movement sometime (The Golden Girls; writing credit: Philip Broadley; Gabriel Castro) | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Do not ignore the urge to have a bowel movement. (references) | |
Wash the area with water, but not soap, after a bowel movement. (references) | ||
The ability to control the timing of urination or a bowel movement. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expression using "bowel movement": have had a bowel movement. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
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| Language | Translations for "bowel movement"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Czech | stolice (bench, chair, evacuation, stool). (various references) | |
German | stuhlgang (defecation, dejection, motion, stool), stuhl (chair, motion, stool, throne, upright chair). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 便通 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | べ"つう. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | owelbay ovementmay.(various references) | |
Russian | стул (chair, desk chair, stool). (various references) | |
Spanish | evacuación intestinal. (various references) | |
Thai | การขับถ่ายอุจจาระ. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | flora gastrointestinalis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-e-e-l-m-m-n-o-o-t-v-w" | |
-5 letters: movement, twelvemo. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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